| English drama - 1811 - 620 pages
...dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. But come, *hou goddess fair and free, In heaven yclep'd Euphrosyne', And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus...sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore. Haste then, nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods,... | |
| British drama - 1811 - 624 pages
...dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. But come, hou goddess fair and free, In heaven vclep'd Euphrosvne, And by men. heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus...sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore. Haste then, nymph, and bring with thec Jest and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods,... | |
| John Walker - 1811 - 554 pages
...Milton in his fifth elegy, follows Virgil. " Nunc quoque septena modulatur arundine pastor. L'ALLEGRO. Heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth, With two sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned t Bacchus bore; v, 118. The frolick wind that breathes the spring, Or whether (as some sager sing)... | |
| George Dyer - English poetry - 1812 - 240 pages
...will illustrate this subject : But come, thou goddess fair and free, In Heaven yclep'd Euphrosune, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister-Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore : Or whether, as some sages sing, The frolic wind that... | |
| John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...Cimmerian desert ever dwell. 10 But come, thou Goddess fair and free, In Heav*n yclep'd Euphrosyne, Anil by men, heart-easing Mirth ; Whom lovely Venus, at a birth, "With two sister Graces more, 15 To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore : Or whether (as some sager sing) The 'Voile wind, that breathes the... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...Cimmerian desert ever dwell. But come, thou goddess fair and free, » In heaven yclep'd Euphrosyne ! And by men, hearteasing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth, With two Sister Graces more, To ivy crowned Bacchus bore. Haste thee, nymph, and bring with tb.ee Jest and youthful jolity. Quips and... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. But come, thou goddess, fair and free, In heav'n yclcp'd Euphrosyne, And by men heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth, With two sUter Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore ; Or whether (as some sages sing) The frolic wind that... | |
| Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...Cimmerian desert ever dwell. But come tbou goddess lair and free, In hcav'u yclep'd Euphrosyne, And by meu, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth, With two sister Graces mpre To ivy-crowned Bacchns bore ; Or whether (as some sages sing) The frolic wind that breathes the... | |
| William Hazlitt - Acting - 1818 - 282 pages
...the harmonious, liquid dance. Of each of them it might be said, and we believe has been said — Her, lovely Venus at a birth, With two Sister Graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore. Such figures, no doubt, gave rise to the fables of ancient mythology, and might be worshipped. They... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1819 - 366 pages
...dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. But come, thou goddess fair and free, In Heaven yclep'd Euphrosyne, And, by men, heart-easing Mirth ; Whom lovely Venus, at a birth, With two sister-graces more, To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore : Or whether fas some sages sing) The frolic wind,... | |
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